Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Voyages, exploration, history + firsts edition fiction, signed books and bookplates, 62324, Ultimo

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Auction Report
Auction Date
June 23, 2024 - June 23, 2024
Page Size: 546 items in 22 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Ioannis Corasii Tolosatis iureconsulti clarissimi, in universan sacerdotiorum materiam erudita sane, ac luculenta paraphrasis.

Lugduni 1548 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 AUD 762.00
2

The Fatal Effects of Gambling.

1824 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 127.00
3

Life of the Blessed Mary, Mother of God, History of the Devotion to Her.

circa1882 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 635.00
4

The Holy Bible: Translated from the Latin Vulgate.

1873 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 698.50
5 signaller LC Reeves with photographs signaller H Ellis.

Australians in action in New Guinea

 1915 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
6

A Chart of the Straights of Magellan, in which are Inserted the Observations and Discoveries of Captain Byron, Captain Wallis, and Captain Carteret.

London 1773 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
7

A Chart of New South Wales, or the East Coast of New-Holland.

c 1770 AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
8

A War Canoe of New Zealand, with a view of Gable End foreland.

London: 1773 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
9

Reprint of the Six reports by the Victorian Government relating the Police Force, 1880 1883 concerning the Kelly Gang.

1968 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 476.25
10

Plan of Port Hunter.

1794 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
11 J G Lockhart.

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott

 Edinburgh 1851 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 AUD 381.00
12 Charles Knight.

The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare Edited

 London 1867 AUD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,016.00
13

The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle.

1750 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
14

The Lady's magazine; or, Entertaining companion for the fair sex, appropriated solely to their use and amusement.

London: 1779 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
15

A Voyage to Terra Australis.

1966 AUD 300.00 - 350.00 AUD 476.25
16 Geoffrey Chapman Ingleton.

True Patriots All or News From Early Australia

 Australia 1952 AUD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
17 Marcel Proust.

In Search of Lost Time

 London, 2000 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 177.80
18

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (8 Volumes Set.

1995 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 381.00
19

The Works of James Joyce in Ten Volumes.

 2004 AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 254.00
20 John, Lord Bishop of Sarisbury

Animadversions written by the right reverend father in God John, Lord Bishop of Sarisbury, upon a treatise intituled Gods love to mankind.

 Cambridge 1641 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
21 J. Lycett.

Views In Australia or New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Delineated In Fifty Views, with descriptive Letter Preface

 No date likely 1971 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
22 Dante Alighieri.

The Divine Comedy

 Pennsylvania 1977 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 152.40
23 Ted Honderich.

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy edited

 2005 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 190.50
24

General Census of New South Wales November 1828 in 4 foolscap size volumes.

1828 AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
25 Joseph Fowles 1848.

Sydney in 1848: Illustrated by copper-plate engravings of the principal streets, public buildings, churches, chapels, etc., from drawings

 Sydney 1848 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
  • <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th September 2024</b> <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Bible, Arabic & Latin. <i>Biblia Sacra Arabica,</i> 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shepard (Ernest). <i>"Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison,</i> original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Economics.- Smith (Adam). <i>An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,</i> 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th September 2024</b> <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> More (Sir Thomas). <i>La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde,</i> first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). <i>De medicinali materia libri sex,</i> hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th September 2024</b> <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th September 2024</b> <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Albertolli (Ferdinando). <i>Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli,</i> Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Gregynog Press.- Euripides. <i>The Plays,</i> one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> HAMILTON, Sir William - <i>Campi Phlegraei.</i> Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> KIRCHER, Athanasius - <i>Turris Babel.</i> Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> EDWARDS, George.London - <i>Gleanings of Natural History.</i> Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> HEVELIUS, Johannes - <i>Cometographia.</i> Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> KUPKA, Frantisek - <i>Quatre histoires de blanc et noir.</i> Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>10 September 2024<br>The Shem Tov Bible</b></center>
    Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • <b><center>Koller Auctions<br>Books & Autographs<br>18 September 2024</b> <b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000 <b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000. <b><center>Koller Auctions<br>Books & Autographs<br>18 September 2024</b> <b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
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